The present invention is in the field of medical bedding. It relates to a mattress for preventing and treating bedsores.
People confined to bed for long periods of time are prone to bedsores, skin lesions that may even require surgical treatment. The risk is even greater when the subjects suffer from urinary incontinence. Indeed it is important to maintain good skin hygiene in order to prevent maceration, conducive to the development of bedsores.
Preventing and treating bedsores require frequent cleaning and sterilization of mattresses. In the document FR2713935, the inventor of the present application has proposed a device comprising a box to be placed under the bedridden person, provided with an absorbing and disinfectant composition. But this device can easily move when the patient moves and no longer be able to collect all the urine and feces. In addition, this solution is not comfortable for the bedridden person.
The present invention aims to overcome at least in part these disadvantages. For this purpose, it proposes an absorption and disinfection element, usable in a mattress for preventing and treating bedsores, comprising an absorption compartment comprising an absorbent composition and a disinfection compartment, comprising a disinfectant composition, characterized in that it comprises a water-soluble film separating said absorption compartment from said disinfection compartment.
With these provisions, body fluids such as feces, urine, sweat and the like are absorbed and disinfected by the absorption and disinfection element. The skin hygiene of the bedridden person is therefore preserved, in particular preventing maceration, and bedsores can be avoided and/or treated.
According to other features:
The present invention also relates to a mattress for preventing and treating bedsores comprising a main body and an exchangeable element, said exchangeable element comprising an absorbent composition and a disinfectant composition.
Thanks to these provisions, body fluids such as feces, urine, sweat and the like are absorbed and disinfected by the exchangeable elements. The skin hygiene of the bedridden person is therefore preserved, in particular preventing maceration, and bedsores can be avoided and/or treated.
According to other features:
The present invention finally relates to a method for manufacturing a mattress according to the invention, comprising the following steps:
Thanks to these provisions, a mattress according to the invention can be easily manufactured from materials of conventional use in the field of hospital bedding. The present invention will be better understood when reading the detailed description that follows, with reference to the appended figures in which
The mattress according to the invention comprises a main body 1 and an exchangeable element. In a preferred embodiment shown in
Different types of mattresses can be considered without leaving the scope of the present invention, simply by adapting the dimensions of the main body 1 and the exchangeable element 2, 3, 4, as well as the placement and the number of exchangeable elements 2, 3, 4. Examples of applications may be, but are not limited to, hospital bed mattresses, operating tables, supports for long-term bedridden people, mattresses for children, incubator mattresses.
The main body 1 may comprise housings to receive the exchangeable elements 2, 3, 4, so that the exchangeable elements 2, 3, 4 can be inserted into the main body 1, and that the entire mattress is substantially flat on its upper side. Thus the exchangeable elements 2, 3, 4 are locked in position and comfort for the bedridden person is close to the comfort of a conventional mattress.
The main body 1 can be covered with a cover 5, the latter being made so as to follow the shape of the housings present in the main body 1 to accommodate the exchangeable elements 2, 3, 4.
The main body 1 can be made of viscoelastic foam, or any other material usually used to make mattresses. The cover 5 can be made of plasticized jersey, known under the name of Dartex (registered trademark).
The exchangeable element 2, 3, 4 may also comprise, above the absorption and disinfection module 6, a sealing top 10, Finally, the absorption and disinfection module 6 and the sealing top 10 of the exchangeable element 2, 3, 4 can be wrapped together in an envelope 11.
The absorption and disinfection module 6 can be made, for example, of honeycombed cardboard or cellular foam, for example a high-resilience foam of 80 kg/m3, referred to as HR 80. The use of honeycomb cardboard results in a firmer exchangeable element 2, 3, 4. It may therefore be advisable to choose honeycomb cardboard for the central exchangeable element 4 located in the center of the mattress, where the mattress is usually softer, and the cellular foam for the exchangeable elements 2, 3 located at the ends of the mattress.
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The sealing top 10 may also be made of a HR 80 foam. This foam comprises open cells, and is preferred for its chemical and micro-organic inertia on the one hand, and for its flexibility to the touch on the other hand. It avoids the bedridden person points of hard pressure that cause redness and bedsores. The envelope 11 may be made of permeable nonwoven textile.
The absorbent composition 7 may comprise a vegetable compound, for example corncob as sold by the company Eurocob (registered trademark). Activated charcoal with a very large absorbent capacity can be added to the absorbent compound if the exchangeable element is to be used for a long time.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the disinfectant composition 8 comprises powdered tetra hydrated sodium perborate. In contact with water, sodium perborate hydrolyzes to release peracetic acid, which is a disinfecting biocide. In order to activate the formation of peracetic acid, the disinfectant composition 8 may also comprise an activator such as tetraacetylethylenediamine, also called TAED, which allows the hydrolysis to begin at a lower temperature. Finally, the disinfectant composition 8 may also include an ampholyte such as betaine, whose role is to accelerate the reaction. Sterilization is therefore automatic, by a systematic and total germicidal action. The dosage of the disinfectant composition 8, in particular the concentrations of sodium perbarate, TAED and betaine can be adapted according to the use of the exchangeable element 2, 3, 4.
The absorbent composition 7 and disinfectant composition 8 as described in their various alternatives in the preceding paragraphs can also be used in the context of an absorption and disinfection element outside a mattress according to the invention, for example placed on a mattress. Comfort is less good for the patient, but the absorption and disinfection efficiency is similar.
The production of a mattress may comprise the following steps:
After use, the central exchangeable element 4, which in a preferred embodiment of the invention is entirely made of biodegradable elements, may be incinerated. The exchangeable elements 2, 3 may be sterilized and reused. The invention thus makes it possible to avoid sterilizing the complete mattress by replacing this step with a simple replacement of a disposable exchangeable element 2, 3, 4, and/or a sterilization of an exchangeable element 2, 3, 4, which is simpler and less expensive.
In case of saturation of the exchangeable element 2, it loses its disinfectant function. However, it remains bacteriostatic, that is to say that it does not allow bacteria to develop, which is essential in the prevention and treatment of bedsores.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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FR1670053 | Feb 2016 | FR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/FR2017/050364 | 2/17/2017 | WO | 00 |